Australia ponders women bishops
Anglican Journal
December 1, 2000
Next summer the General Synod of the Church of Australia will debate a new canon, which could remove all legal obstacles to the consecration of
Next summer the General Synod of the Church of Australia will debate a new canon, which could remove all legal obstacles to the consecration of
The Latin Patriarch in the Holy Land has called on Israel to stop its troops firing at an Arab Christian village and to surrender all
The controversial Vatican document, Dominus Iesus, has strengthened the ecumenical commitment of many German Catholics, according to Maria Jepsen, the Lutheran bishop of Hamburg in
Gifts, and the giving of them, are certainly at the heart of December in our society. The weeks before Christmas and, increasingly, the days after
ENS-Mexican Anglicans may once have looked north for leadership, but now “we are looking at each other,” says Archbishop Samuel Espinoza, primate of the Anglican
ALL THINGS must come to an end sometime, and this will be my final Sharing The Joy column for the Journal. It has been a
THE IDEA of Mom’s traditional remedy of chicken soup has led to a succession of effective books designed to appeal to a variety of people
THERE’S something inspiring about how people respond to life’s challenges and it’s particularly moving if the person who responds is a child. Billy Elliot and
The horrors of war are reflected in the eyes of children who see friends and relatives killed. Brazzaville “My aunt cried, but I never did.”
Michael Sellors, Anglican Dean of St. George’s Cathedral in Jerusalem Jerusalem Church leaders in the Holy Land have condemned “provocative actions” by Israeli politicians and
AS I LOOK over my columns for the Journal I realize that I have fallen into a pattern that I have often criticized. Almost every
The Anglican Church continues to work at getting two alternative dispute resolution projects off the ground. But Ellie Johnson, director of Partnerships, admits that she
It’s a gift for the first 50 customers today,” said the person at the drug store checkout to me after I had made a purchase
THE PROFILE OF the ‘average’ theological student has changed dramatically in recent years. Colleges and universities report an influx of older students, many beginning a
HOUSED IN A building named after the founder of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and using liberation theology as a jumping-off point, the principal of the
A different interpretation of the same data suggests conflicting conclusions about the quality of dental care Native children received at school. AFTER READING Ottawa Experimented
In the wake of a Vatican document that argued the Roman Catholic Church is the only true church, Pope John Paul told participants in a
Anglican bishops in southern Africa have agreed to undergo voluntary HIV/AIDS testing and to encourage clergy and lay leaders of their diocese to be tested
Two Anglican parishes in Burnaby, B.C., are considering joining with two Lutheran and two United churches to build a large Christian centre which would serve
100 years ago: November 1900 Canadian Churchman reported that France in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries went through a stage of profound irreverence. Courtiers, ecclesiastics,